| Happy to announce the second Paper Shred Event with Rep. Matt Bradford’s office! We will be at Norristown Area High School with the paper shredding trucks on Saturday July 16 from 9 AM to Noon or until the trucks are full!
Limit 2 boxes per household. Only Paper. No electronics or trash. All paper will be recycled.
Cardboard boxes and plastic bags will be returned after materials are shredded. Paper bags can be shredded with the paper.
We look forward to seeing you!
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| Vets in Recovery
Vets in Recovery, a local Veteran network, is working to end Veteran Suicide and will be holding a suicide prevention forum this Thursday, June 16 at 6pm in Royersford. You can register for the event here: https://vetsinrecovery1.eventbrite.com/ and share your perspectives to reduce risk factors and strengthening our communities to save lives.
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| Upper Providence Playground
Upper Providence township has just announced the opening of their new all-inclusive playground within Black Rock Park. With over 16,000 square feet this playground has a mix of tactile, movement, climbing, visual, and auditory experiences that includes more than 80 play elements. It is open to the public as of Tuesday, June 14 and an official ribbon cutting ceremony will take place this Sunday!
It’s wonderful to see community improvements and additions such as this that are truly inclusive.
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| Norristown Hazardous Waste Dump
Last reminder for the Montgomery County's Hazardous Waste Collection Program. It will take place on Saturday June 18 at the Norristown Area High School. You must register for the event ahead of time to properly dispose of hazardous waste. Here is the full list of what you can or cannot dispose of.
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| For the past few weeks, I have updated you on gun reform legislation in the House as well as necessary investments in our communities that, together, can reduce gun violence. I would like to take this opportunity and inform you as to where it stands now.
Since May 25th, Democrats in the House, myself included, have signed discharge resolutions and supported motions to suspend House rules so that key gun reform bills HB 699, HB 717, HB 770, HB 1538, HB 1903 can be moved out of the Judiciary committee and brought to the floor of the House for consideration.
Last Wednesday during session, Democrats announced they would be presenting a resolution the following day to again move gun reform bills out of the Judiciary committee and to the floor for consideration. Republicans preemptively canceled session on Thursday and scheduled a Judiciary committee meeting early Monday morning so that they could relocate the bills into a different committee thus making the resolution invalid.
Truly political gamesmanship at its worst, Republicans in the House refuse to take any steps to address gun violence, even refusing to fund and address mental health care in our state. Dragging our feet and waiting for the federal senators to come to an agreement before the end of July before they break is not only poor government practice but completely irresponsible.
My colleague Rep. Tim Briggs said it best: "When every day there's shootings, victims of gun violence, mass shootings, kids are at risk, shoppers are at risk, we're going to wait to send it to the House Local Government Committee because the U.S. Senate has a framework? ... Blood is on your hands."
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| Please continue to stay safe, healthy and well-informed.
And, if you have questions about any state-related issue, please contact my office at 484-200-8263 or email [email protected].
Sincerely,
Rep. Joe Webster
State Representative
150th Legislative District
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